The Government of Mizoram on August 13, 2026, issued the Mizoram Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Rules, 2026.
These shall come into effect from August 13, 2026.
The following has been stated:
• The Rules establish requirements for registration of establishments, employer and employee responsibilities, occupational health and safety, working hours, leave, employment conditions, inspections and statutory reporting. Establishment registration applications shall generally be filed within 60 days from the date the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 becomes applicable to the establishment, while notices of commencement or cessation of operations shall be submitted within 30 days.
• Employers shall provide periodic medical examinations, issue appointment letters and employee identity cards, report accidents and occupational diseases, establish safety committees where prescribed, and appoint qualified Safety Officers when applicable. The Rules prescribe a maximum of 48 working hours per week, a rest interval of at least 30 minutes after five continuous hours of work, and overtime wages at twice the ordinary rate, subject to the specified limits of four hours per day, 24 hours per week and 125 hours per quarter.
• Employers shall maintain prescribed registers and records, generally preserve them for five years, issue monthly wage slips and file annual returns by February 1 following the end of each calendar year. Specific safeguards govern women working night shifts and in dangerous operations.
• The Rules also regulate contract-labour licensing and wage conditions, provide for inter-State migrant workers’ journey allowances subject to eligibility conditions, and prescribe requirements for audio-visual workers, beedi and cigar workers, factories and plantation workers. Third-party safety audits, inspection powers, common licensing, appeals and penalties are also covered.
• The Rules supersede the earlier Mizoram Factories Rules, 2014, Contract Labour Rules, 2004, Building and Other Construction Workers Rules, 2015, and Inter-State Migrant Workmen Rules, 2005, subject to the protection of prior acts and omissions.
[Notification No. - B-11011/12/2026-LESDE]
